darren wrote:I claim: The only people who needed to see a "response" to the Methot hit were .... the fans, for emotional reasons that have nothing to do with anything that would actually affect the outcome of the game. If the Sedins were going to get run out of the league from hard hitting, it would have happened by now.

If taking it to the extreme is the way to make your point then I do not know what to say. I guess I'll just do the same: Wayne Gretzky insisted McSorley be included in the deal to LA. True story? Maybe. Do you think Marchand tries that garbage on 99?

I'd like to see the Sedins have as much room as humanly possibly with as little wear and tear on them throughout the season. That way, for once, fans are not excusing their failures due to injury. This is not about saving their lives.

dhabums wrote:If taking it to the extreme is the way to make your point then I do not know what to say. I guess I'll just do the same: Wayne Gretzky insisted McSorley be included in the deal to LA. True story? Maybe. Do you think Marchand tries that garbage on 99?

dhabums wrote:If taking it to the extreme is the way to make your point then I do not know what to say. I guess I'll just do the same: Wayne Gretzky insisted McSorley be included in the deal to LA. True story? Maybe. Do you think Marchand tries that garbage on 99?

He also points out that when he went cuckoo-for-coco-puffs a couple of years ago and attacked Chicago Blackhawk Dave Bolland in the playoffs, he was universally criticized for losing composure. His retaliation was reported as proof that Sedin, by “not sticking to his game,” had been outwitted and outplayed.

As an aside, even Don Cherry called the Bure hit cheap - the youtube I linked to is a cdc fluff piece interviewing Gino. Just about every other youtube post of that hit is extremely critical of Bure... with the exception of Cherry who (from a rock'em sock'em vid?) actually gave the background on how Churla had been targeting Bure.

Seriously, the twins need to learn how to surreptitiously stick out their elbows a big more or give the other guy an extra shove after they've both (checker and a Sedin) gone down after a hit. Maybe a slew foot too, for good measure, and a glove in the face.

They say that they can take a hit, but I think that doing some full-contact sparring mui thai/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (and sparring back) with getting punched or kicked in the head and giving back as good as they get could really help their NHL game.

They've shown that they have incredible leg and back strength; they should be able to punch. They've clearly shown that it's not they can't but it's that they don't know how. They also look like they're intimidated by being punched. The only way to cure that is to get punched in the head a bunch and learn how to stop that by punching (or whatever) back effectively enough to make it stop.

Grar, it's really frustrating watching them aspire for the Lady Bing when they should be focusing on Conn Smythe.

Island Nucklehead wrote:Eager just as easily could have ended Daniel Sedin's playoffs with the hit he layed on him.

And the point is what?

The guy ran around like an idiot for the rest of that game. Dangerously. Nobody stood up to him. It's nice our PP worked so well against San Jose, but when that dries up you have to be able to adapt your game. You have to have the tools to adapt. Against the Bruins, when our PP went into the tank and guys were taking liberties, we had no response. That's the point. You don't have to fight fire with fire all the time, but you have to have some kind of spark.

Island Nucklehead wrote:Eager just as easily could have ended Daniel Sedin's playoffs with the hit he layed on him.

And the point is what?

The guy ran around like an idiot for the rest of that game. Dangerously. Nobody stood up to him. It's nice our PP worked so well against San Jose, but when that dries up you have to be able to adapt your game. You have to have the tools to adapt. Against the Bruins, when our PP went into the tank and guys were taking liberties, we had no response. That's the point. You don't have to fight fire with fire all the time, but you have to have some kind of spark.

porp wrote:Seriously, the twins need to learn how to surreptitiously stick out their elbows a big more or give the other guy an extra shove after they've both (checker and a Sedin) gone down after a hit. Maybe a slew foot too, for good measure, and a glove in the face.

Don't they take enough hooking penalties without adding elbowing, roughing and tripping penalties? They have tried to stand their ground in the past and it blew up in their faces.